My post today is a little different than usual but I think it is worth telling. I scheduled a workshop for this Saturday and have been working hard these past two weeks to get things ready. For those of you who do workshops, classes, etc. you understand the work that goes into them. Now, I have to tell you that I haven't had much luck when it comes to getting people to come to the workshops/classes. Well, I was sure I'd have a good group this Saturday. Wrong! The cancelations are coming in. This morning I started having a pitty party. I told my husband I was tired of working so hard to make things nice and didn't people understand that these supplies I use are NOT free and that I'm so tired when I get home from my FULL TIME day job that I'd like to just RELAX and no one cares what I put into this , blah, blah, blah. Well, I had a demonstration to do this morning with some Seniors at an Assisted Living Center here. I told my husband that "I'm just going to cancel. It will probably go bad anyway". (as the tears were streaming down my face). He convinced me to go because I had made a committment. I went and all the way over there I was convincing myself that things would turn out bad. Well, I was wrong. Everything went great. These sweet ladies could not thank me enough for coming and it was obvious that they were actually having fun. They asked me to please come back. The Activity Director , Miss Judy said to come any time I wanted. By the way, they were very impressed with the BIG SHOT. So as I drove back home I started crying again. No, not a pitty party. Tears because of the way I had acted earlier and also happy tears. I remembered why I signed up with Stampin'Up! Because I love what I do. It's not about the big sale I may get, or about how much money I can make, or getting to that next level for a promotion. It's about sharing what I love to do with others. It's about seeing the look on someone's face when they try something for the first time and like what they did. It's the smiles and thanks that you get back.
Ya, I really do love what I do and I'll remind myself next time before I have the pitty party. I challenge all of my fellow demos to remember back when the sharing part was #1. So now let me show you these wonderful ladies who help put my thinking back in perspective.
"Stamp Till You Can't"
And here is my take on it----
This is one of the cards we made at Saturday's workshop. I cased this from Dawn Griffith, just changed it up a bit to make it my own. I hope you all will play along. Good Luck!
"Stamp Till You Can't"
The picture doesn't show it but his pompom and rim on his hat and his beard has Dazzleing Diamonds on them. Stay tuned for project number 3 and have a wonderful day.
